tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7736127069847988207.post3015221127252684983..comments2024-01-18T00:32:55.427-06:00Comments on my cozy book nook: TSS: ColumbineMollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08414201637917215413noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7736127069847988207.post-88383397988797428632009-09-08T20:33:04.752-05:002009-09-08T20:33:04.752-05:00I was disappointed in "The Hour I First Belie...I was disappointed in "The Hour I First Believed" for that reason too (among others) and this sounds like a book that I will read ... it is just something that is compelling and makes you want to try and understand. Thanks to your review, I'm adding it to my TBR list.<br /><br />And wow ... author comment! Cool!Jennershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08044537551139633301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7736127069847988207.post-73093447502783104912009-09-05T00:26:12.184-05:002009-09-05T00:26:12.184-05:00Thanks so much for that generous review of my book...Thanks so much for that generous review of my book, Molly.<br /><br />I sure appreciate it. I'm especially glad to hear from teachers. <br /><br />Thanks for spreading the word.Dave Cullenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07147629998855818290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7736127069847988207.post-85345131294334937872009-09-04T20:11:17.339-05:002009-09-04T20:11:17.339-05:00I gave you an award!!!
http://bibliofreakblog.com...I gave you an award!!!<br /><br />http://bibliofreakblog.com/memes/wait-til-shortlists-announced-awards/J.T. Oldfieldhttp://bibliofreakblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7736127069847988207.post-81314203067131144852009-09-03T19:16:16.130-05:002009-09-03T19:16:16.130-05:00I'm glad to hear that your first week went wel...I'm glad to hear that your first week went well. I am back to school as well with the shadow of budget cut looming around the classroom. <br /><br />I would be more interested to read Columbine than the Wally Lamb's novel. Sandy has just posted a review of the novel but because of the distressful subject matter, I have not picked the book up. Maybe I should plunge into the core of the matter and read the investigation of the Columbine incident.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7736127069847988207.post-80371976758127939782009-09-03T15:26:38.296-05:002009-09-03T15:26:38.296-05:00You are still being lied to. Big time. If you wa...You are still being lied to. Big time. If you want to find out what really happened at Columbine I suggest you read what the eyewitnesses had to say:<br /><br />[url]http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/columbineeight.php[/url]starviegohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05321589493629069842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7736127069847988207.post-46093308645780057662009-09-02T09:37:28.437-05:002009-09-02T09:37:28.437-05:00I agree completely with Kathy (bermudaonion). I ab...I agree completely with Kathy (bermudaonion). I absolutely know the importance of reading about these events and issues so we can try to prevent them in the future, but I think it would tough and scary to read.Beth Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08627666337961326265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7736127069847988207.post-74712835811220961542009-09-02T02:18:06.974-05:002009-09-02T02:18:06.974-05:00I'm glad you've got through your first wee...I'm glad you've got through your first week. I always got to that Friday evening and thought, this is it, I can't do this job anymore, but it always passed by the time I'd had a weekend's rest and realised that I just had to get back into the working pattern again. It isn't only the children who forget things over the summer; our bodies forget the stresses and strains of teaching as well.<br />In respect of books relating to school shootings, have you read Richard Russo's 'Empire Falls'? Columbine happened while he was writing it. I think Russo is one of the the great writers and if you haven't read this then I really recommend it.Table Talkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06132815228630780151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7736127069847988207.post-87620637252623558542009-09-01T00:25:43.793-05:002009-09-01T00:25:43.793-05:00Maybe Cullen has hit on the issue of why we can...Maybe Cullen has hit on the issue of why we can't let this go. Because we still didn't really know why it had happened. Even knowing all of what Cullen has turned up, it's still so hard to comprehend.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05554217416500328610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7736127069847988207.post-29260354787392434342009-09-01T00:11:08.184-05:002009-09-01T00:11:08.184-05:00On Nov. 21, 2008, the Harris and Klebold parents w...On Nov. 21, 2008, the Harris and Klebold parents were sent the same letter requesting cooperation. "Your stories have yet to be fully told, and I view your help as an issue of historical significance," it said. "In 10 years, there have been no major, mainstream books on Columbine. This will be the first, and it may be the only one." The letter came not from Mr. Cullen but from Jeff Kass, whose Columbine: A True Crime Story, published by the small Ghost Road Press, preceded Columbine by a couple of weeks.<br /><br />"Mr. Kass, whose tough account is made even sadder by the demise of The Rocky Mountain News in which his Columbine coverage appeared, has also delivered an intensive Columbine overview. Some of the issues he raises and information he digs up go unnoticed by Mr. Cullen." --Janet Maslin, New York Times <br /><br />"A decade after the most dramatic school massacre in American history, Jeff Kass applies his considerable reporting talents to exploring the mystery of how two teens could have planned and carried out such gruesome acts without their own family and best friends knowing about it. Actually, there were important clues, but they were missed or downgraded both by those who knew the boys best and by public officials who came in contact with them. An engrossing and cautionary tale for everyone who cares about how to prevent kids from going bad." -----Ted Gest, President, Criminal Justice Journalists<br /><br />GM DavisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7736127069847988207.post-26402290140275586382009-08-31T12:22:27.719-05:002009-08-31T12:22:27.719-05:00As usual, Molly, a wonderful review! I agree abou...As usual, Molly, a wonderful review! I agree about not forgetting these historical incidents and feel the same way about 9/11. That being said, I am not sure I will every read a lot of these school shooting books--at least not while I still have kids attending public school. I worry enough about them on a daily basis! ;) I do have one of the books mentioned, We Need To Talk About Kevin, on my tbr pile and hope to get to it in the next year or so. I have always read such positive reviews of it. <br />Hope your second week of school gets easier on you--my boys were supposed to start school today, but the teachers went on strike. Oh bother...lets stretch this school year out even longer next spring--they already don't get out until the end of July and now they will need to make up these days...sigh...<br />*smiles*<br />Kim Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13029664492284742183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7736127069847988207.post-41501321175952633382009-08-31T07:41:03.143-05:002009-08-31T07:41:03.143-05:00I understand the need to study incidents like this...I understand the need to study incidents like this so we have a chance to prevent them in the future, and I've heard that this book is well written. I just don't think I could read it, though.bermudaonionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10726401178972099557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7736127069847988207.post-74654853680760479282009-08-31T00:41:54.912-05:002009-08-31T00:41:54.912-05:00I am glad your first week went well, Molly. My mo...I am glad your first week went well, Molly. My mom doesn't start her first week of school until after Labor Day. She's enlisted my dad's help in getting her classroom ready, which, in between his complaints, I think he's quite enjoying. :-)<br /><br />Columbine is a book I really want to read. It really sounds like a worthwhile read. I haven't yet gotten into the school shooting fiction books that is out there, although I have several, including the two you mention, that I do hope to read one day.<br /><br />I appreciate you sharing your thoughts on Cullen's book, Molly.<br /><br />Have a great week!Literary Felinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13079276242303738719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7736127069847988207.post-37696720327957069242009-08-30T23:47:45.941-05:002009-08-30T23:47:45.941-05:00I've read a ton of these school shooting books...I've read a ton of these school shooting books, including HATE LIST most recently, so I should probably check this one out.Lenore Appelhanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16664671644163369772noreply@blogger.com